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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Curried Egg Salad

Today's featured recipe....

and the day's distraction.

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...How many people are needed to take a good photograph of curried egg salad? Obviously, more than are in our home. We really did try, but this was the best of the worst photos. I just couldn't overcome the muddy cast the curry shed on the egg salad. The photo of our youngest grandsons, who will be visiting in August, is a ruse designed to draw your eye away from the delicious, but unphotogenic, sandwich filling. I've been experimenting with making my own curry powder since I learned we'd be traveling to India this fall. Once I had a powder Bob and I both liked, I needed to test it in recipes where it could be used. Egg salad was the simplest and most logical place to start. This salad is mildly spiced and has a really smooth and creamy texture that is pleasing to the tongue. That last is food gibberish that means it is pleasant and tastes good. It receives additional flavor from the juice and pulp of a small shredded onion, and it is delicious spread on a grainy bread. More finely chopped, it would also be perfect for crustless tea sandwiches. I like to make and refrigerate the salad about an hour before I plan to serve it. That gives the flavors an opportunity to blend while the salad chills. This is a very simple recipe that is dependent on the quality of the ingredients used to assemble it. I recommend the use of a mild curry powder and a good mayonnaise. When I don't make my own mayonnaise, I use the reduced fat brand that is sold at Trader Joe's. If you love egg salad as much as I do, I know you'll love this one. Here's the recipe.Curried Egg Salad...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Nancie McDermott

Firstly, I have to say this is my kind of burger. I am so loving it! And secondly, your grandchildren are sooooo adorable! They look more like their mom. What happen to the little brother's hand? (all wrapped up!) Oh Mary, how wonderful that they'll be spending their long holidays here with you. Bob & you must be very excited! Hope you're having a fabulous day.Cheers, Kristy

Mary, I think the picture looks delicious (the egg salad, not your grandsons. Your grandsons are cute). I had curried egg salad before and I think the combination is a winner. :)Have a great day. Michael

Btw, all the best to your homemade curry powder. I think the original Indian curry isn't as spicy as the Asian recipes. They're always very flavourful and tasty...or should i say tongue friendly cuisine as well due to the spices! haha... Have a nice day.Kristy

Egg salad is one of my favourite sandwich fillings and yours sounds so good. I love the addition of curry powder. And lucky you, visiting India this fall!!! I hope you'll share your experiences with all of us. Have a great day Mary!

I see that you have absolutly adorable grandchildren you are in love with just as we are with ours. What a precious picture! And your ruse woeked, they do look more delicious than the egg salad! How many grandchildren do you have? Well, about your picture. You just snap everything from the best angle and make it all look so mouth watering. It is true that the egg salad looks a bit muddy, but of course that's due to the curry powder, which I can already smell right now. Curry is not one of my favorite spices, but I actually think it sounds so good with this egg salad! I'm going to try it. We have a Trader Joes in a city about one hour away, and sometimes we go there to shop. So you think their low fat mayo is exemplary? Then I will get a jar and try it, we use a lot of mayo. Wow, India!! Will you be taking your computer? And how long will you be staying?

Mary, those grandbabies of yours could distract anyone! Beautiful boys! I had to smile as Allie and I had the same problem with a curried dish that I ended up not posting yet- how does something that tastes so good look so bad in pictures?? :) This will be today's lunchxoxo Pattie

Ah, I love egg salad. And I LOVE curry. I will definitely be giving this recipe a try.

The grandsons are adorable!!!! Such little sweethearts.

Finally, I want to thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such sweet comments. You have a ton of followers and alot of comments on every post, yet you make it a point to visit others' blogs. I really appreciate that, and, quite honestly, I think that's good hospitality.

Travelling to India is a photographers dream with the myriad of colour at every step in their clothing, food and surroundings. I enjoyed the distraction of your 2 grandsons:D I'll bet grandma is one happy and contented woman.

First, your grandsons... they are adorable!!Second..maybe it's my computer, but the picture looks good to me, I would devour the sandwich right now! But I understand, sometimes as the blogger, we see our photos differently then others!Third... YUM!!!! I love egg salad, I think I'll be making this over the weekend. Thank you :)

First of all - your grandsons are adorable!Second - that's my favorite-in-the-whole-world sandwich filling. I only go to showers for the egg salad sandwiches - the best!We grow our own curry plants here to deter animals. It's heavenly, on a hot summer day to smell the curry as one works in the garden.

Ohhh, your grandsons are GORGEOUS! Such marvelously kissable cheeks. :-) So glad you'll get to be with them soon, Mary. :-) I like this egg salad very much. Don't know why I've never put curry in my egg salad?!

Um, sorry, what is your post about today? I couldn't get past those adorable little boys!! Oh, yes, curried egg salad. It sounds delicious. I'm a fan of egg salad in any form. When I was teaching cooking classes, I had a wonderful Indian instructor. She taught us to prepare a lamb curry. The herbs and spices she used totaled 27 for the one dish. It was delicious.

You have such lovely grandsons and children bring always happiness when they are around us, only we are sometimes caught up with other less important things and we fail to see it. The recipe is so easy and tasty.

Ha ha! I don't think there is anything wrong with your photo ... but your grand son's are too cute to have the spot light taken away from them ;0)My Gran used to make us egg salad just like this for all our family picnics.

I do not know much about food photography, but his one is great! I just go by feel when I take my shots, I take tons of them, and like you, select the best of the worst! (yours always look professional though, so I cannot compare) Excellent recipe with home made curry powder!And those cuties- what a distraction indeed!

The sandwich looks delicious and your grandchildren look adorable! They look like happy little guys:)I like that there is some hot sauce in this egg salad, never thought of adding that before. Have a great night!

Mmmm, I love me some egg salad! I can't wait for my co-teacher to get back from vacay so we can try this together (I'm not the best yet at egg salad)...it looks like it beats plain ol' egg salad by a mile! YUM

The boys are completely adorable, I just want to squeeze their little cheeks, lol!

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